Yes, another blog from the library during the day... those who know me well will know that means I'm taking my sick day again... (sick DAYS to be accurate since this is actually the second day in a row...) And yes, those same ppl would probably have guessed it's the same old problem... headaches... OK, enough about WHY I'm writing this... (yes, basically just because I have some time to kill )

My mind isn't very coherent the past 2 days, so bear with my random thoughts...

1) Bible reading - some of you may remember I started reading the "Bible in One Year" book last year. Amazingly enough I've kept to the schedule and FINALLY finished reading the bible from cover to cover once! I'm happy about this HUGE milestone, but at the same time, I'm also somewhat ashamed to say that I've only read thru it ONCE after considering myself a Christian for so many years... In any case, I think it's a good first step.  With God's blessing, the next step will be to read thru more slowly and spend more time to reflect/understand the details.

2) Property ownership - I now officially OWN my Mazda3! Days of using half my monthly salary to pay off debt is finally over! It feels good to be 'free' so I can start to seriously consider the next BIG purchase... A HOUSE!?

People always say it's too early to buy a house since we don't really need one... As far as I'm concerned... you need one in your lifetime anyway so you may as well start paying it off early... Haha, 'little kid' and I have been dreaming about it for a while already.. so it's about time to take some action... I borrowed a book from the library called "Personal finance for Canadian for Dummies" to learn a bit more about money management to prepare for the BIG purchase... I REALLY hope this will happen soon... but the thing is I still haven't really started reading the book.... time.. time.. time... you can never have enough...

3) Stressful work - I must admit I never knew a government job could get stressful... Yes I was a co-op before, but back then I was VERY protected... I guess it really isn't about the job, it's more about your attitude towards your job... I thought I've become less and less of a perfectionist throughout the yrs, but maybe I'm still treating things too seriously... Pushing myself too hard...

I guess sometimes you try to cover ALL the bases too well, try to help solve EVERYONE's problem, then eventually the only problems left are all on your own plate... ANYWAY... I'm not really trying to complain about my job or my team or anything... coz honestly they're all good (haha, not saying this because any one of them will read my blog.. coz I doubt it... but honestly even tho the organization has its problems, I don't think I can find any better colleagues anywhere else...) The bottomline is I just have to learn to 'let go' of some 'unreasonable' expectations on myself...

If I've learned one thing the past few yrs, it's that sometimes treating yourself well may not seem the best for the organization at the moment, but in the long run a 'better' you (physically, emotionally, etc.) is what makes a difference. Haha, yes, I've learned, I just need to try to put that into practice... And my latest attempt? I've submitted my one-week vacation request just a few hrs ago!! Desperately looking forward to it...


I think that pretty much sums up my last few months... Oh, and just one more hr till time to go home! I think I really can't stand another day of doing nothing even with this stupid headache and stuff... I'm determined to go to work tmr... Wish me luck!

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